I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

If you stand firm in the light, you can never be diminish by the doom of darkness.

It is a fact: Of all the people we ever know in our lifetime, the only thing we have in common with them is a handful of shared experiences.

Whatever success we have had in maintaining our culture has been instrumental in Intel's success in surviving strategic inflection points.

Anything that doesn't lead us to that - to better know and serve God - is a waste of time.

I want to do my own thing, and I'm trying to get closer to realizing that as a filmmaker.

There is nothing so catching as refinement.

I love walking in the woods, on the trails, along the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one's batteries.

Aladdin's lamp is mine.

The way to art was not to think too clearly, not to plan things out, but to follow where your heart and emotions led.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.